rise of empire total war

Chapter 169 The Battle of the Three Kings (Bombarding the Enemy Camp)
A few days later, more than [-] Holy Roman Empire troops, led by the temporary commander Stavin, joined Richard at the besieged camp outside the Arkham Manor. They also brought all the catapults and artillery—including Twelve catapults, six siege scales, eight siege cannons and four heavy siege cannons were deployed.

After obtaining a total of thirty heavy equipment, in order to obtain powerful firepower, Richard did not disperse them, but gathered them together, lined them up in front of the military formation, and showed them generously to the coalition soldiers who were like trapped animals.

Looking at those unforgettable artillery pieces (although the coalition soldiers did not know its name yet), the soldiers standing on the wall and behind the fence started to riot. They did not expect that when their own side was attacking the city, they would be attacked by these terrifying cannons. Even if they were bombarded by weapons, they were still beaten by such weapons when they were surrounded - were they so haunted?
"Calm down, calm down! As long as we have courage in our hearts, the phantom deer will protect us from the enemy's evil witchcraft!"

The officers walked among the crowd, shouting loudly to comfort the soldiers who were worried, but their words were so feeble. Not only did the soldiers not trust him, but he himself did not believe it.

On the other side, Richard looked at the chaotic coalition camp, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. He rode his horse to the artillery position, raised his right hand slowly, and shouted loudly: "Get ready to shoot, let the heathen on the opposite side taste it!" The wrath of God!"

"call!"

The operators agreed in unison, and then loaded the ammunition in an orderly manner.Those soldiers with bare upper body showing their strong muscles worked together to lift the heavy boulder, moved it into the skin bag at the end of the throwing arm of the trebuchet, and then carried out the final aiming and adjustment.On the other side, in front of the most primitive artillery, the operator first pours the gunpowder, then inserts a solid iron ball into the barrel, compacts it with a tamper, and finally inserts the matchstick into the small hole at the top of the barrel, ready to ignite .

"The volley of twelve artillery pieces and eighteen trebuchets. I really want to witness that scene." Richard murmured in a low voice, slowly pulled out the sword from his waist, then raised it high, and When everyone's eyes were on the sharp sword he raised, Richard slashed the sharp sword forward into the void, roaring: "Shoot!"

boom!Boom boom boom——

As soon as Richard finished speaking, twelve artillery pieces let out a deafening roar, and eighteen trebuchets followed suit by projecting heavy boulders. The shocking movement not only shocked the sergeants on both sides, but also shocked Richard on the side. The war horse under his crotch was frightened and neighed, and the man stood up.

Whoosh—boom!

The deadly shells fell heavily into the coalition barracks with the howling sound of tearing through the sky, shattering the bodies of soldiers blocking the path. After grinding a bloody path in the crowd, the solid iron ball that finally lost its power fell to the ground , raising a circle of smoke and dust, and looking at the iron ball that took many lives, it has been stained red with blood, and many pieces of meat are still stained on it.

Screams immediately sounded in the coalition military camp.

Facing the mysterious artillery bombardment, the soldiers ignored the nearby officers and ran away screaming. Some of them tripped over things on the ground while running and fell to the ground with inertia. Before he could struggle to think, When he was about to get up, countless feet stepped on him behind him, trampling him to death.Some people were hit by artillery shells falling from the sky while running, and their lower bodies flew out instantly with the artillery shells, leaving only their upper bodies, still bleeding and with internal organs, flopping to the ground. The soldiers who lost their lower bodies were still alive and miserable. He shouted and stretched out his hands to save his panicked comrades, but no one paid him any attention.

boom!
A shell hit the wall of the Akem Manor, and a hideous hole was formed directly in the tall wall made of bricks. The shell hit the wall and caused many stones to fly horizontally, hitting many soldiers nearby. cause more casualties.

"Escape! Escape!"

Shells fell from the sky and fell into the chaotic crowd. Every shell or boulder could take the lives of many soldiers and wound more soldiers.People's screams and wailing resounded over the barracks, blood flowed horizontally, and finally converged into a small river of blood. Those stumps, broken arms and internal organs were all scattered on the ground, and were wantonly trampled under the feet of the fleeing people.

"Mom... Mom... I want to go home..."

Amidst the roar of shelling, the psychological defenses of some coalition soldiers completely collapsed. They gave up fleeing and squatted on the spot with their heads in their hands, chanting words so that others could not hear clearly, or praying to the deer god they believed in. Pray to the ethereal gods to protect them from the enemy.

However, the gods could not bring them back from hell. Some unlucky soldiers were still hit by cannonballs, and their whole bodies were directly smashed to pieces, leaving only blood mist in the sky and broken pieces of flesh scattered on the ground.

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"Is Richard's bombardment over?"

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the cannons gradually subsided. Listening to the movement outside, Jutian and Bandak, who were hiding in the center of the manor, looked at each other and shouted outside.

"It's over, my king." After a while, the answer from the guard came from outside, and the two of them were relieved, and a big stone was put down in their hearts. Just when the shelling just happened, the manor also suffered disaster. The building was hit, and many of the soldiers hiding inside died.

Walking out of the room, the chaotic scene outside caught their eyes. They looked at the dilapidated house with white smoke and the building debris and corpses everywhere, and their hearts were full of despair.

Before the two armies fought, their barracks suffered such heavy damage. Although not many people died in this attack, the psychological shadow left by the survivors is not easy to eliminate.Hearing the groans and screams lingering in his ears, and looking at the corpses and broken limbs all over the ground, even a resolute warrior could not help feeling afraid.

"King Jutian, we can't go on like this." Bandak said to Jutian beside him. The latter nodded, but did not speak. He just took a step forward, leaned on the fence, and looked down. After a long time, the soldiers who were busy rescuing the wounded said in a hoarse voice: "However, we have no way to eliminate Richard's mysterious weapon. Even if we are lucky enough to eliminate it, we don't know if he will still have it." More mysterious weapons."

"At night, send all our cavalry to attack Richard's camp." Bundak said fiercely, "Since we have been surrounded by groups, the cavalry can only dismount and act as infantry. It is better to be the last Give full play to their value, let them raid Richard's camp, and destroy those trebuchets and mysterious weapons."

"No matter whether they succeed or fail, they will always stay in Richard's camp." Bandak continued, "This can also reduce our consumption of food reserves."

"Hiss..." Jutian was shocked by Bandak's plan, but he didn't object. He nodded and acquiesced.

In order to eliminate the major threat of Richard's artillery, it is not impossible to sacrifice the cavalry.

(End of this chapter)